New Orleans City Park

City Parks 1,300 acres cradle the largest collection of mature live oaks in the nation. Established in 1854, it is one of the countrys largest urban parks (457 acres larger than New Yorks Citys Central Park and two years older) and contains the highest earthen elevation in New Orleans. City Park has welcomed as many as 11 million visitors per year who walk among 50 species of trees, including bald cypress, southern magnolia, and pine, and the thousands of ancient southern live oaks. At one mile wide and three miles long, the parks 11 miles of lagoons (the largest in the shape of Lake Pontchartrain) are stocked with a variety of fish. Neoclassical, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Arts and Crafts, Mission, and modern architecture complete City Park. It is a precious and beloved jewel.

About the author

Catherine Campanella is the author of Lake Pontchartrain (2007) and Metairie (2008), both in Arcadia Publishing's Images of America series. Photographs of City Park through its long history have been gleaned from the New Orleans Public Library, the Louisiana Digital Library, the Library of Congress, and D.C. Infrogmation May's beautiful photographs of his hometown.

Product details

• Authors: Catherine Campanella
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2011
• EAN: 9780738587585
• ISBN: 978-0-7385-8758-5
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 231 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 295 g
• Series: Images of America (Arcadia Pub; Images of America
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous